I've just finished reading Not the End and Before the Time of Dawn and loved them both. The starting point was clever - Illyria would seem like a Slayer. And for Spike to shanshu sick, seems so unfair that, knowing the PTBs, its very likely. Spike's and Xander's relationship was lovely, with the banter and the tenderness and Angel was great in both stories, with his complex feelings towards Spike. There was one passage where Spike is all bruised and they make love, which was so.... so.... sweet, gentle, loving, tender, something like that - I'm lost for words here. And Giles' joke at the end was brilliant.
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Date: 2006-10-15 06:07 am (UTC)Spike's and Xander's relationship was lovely, with the banter and the tenderness and Angel was great in both stories, with his complex feelings towards Spike.
There was one passage where Spike is all bruised and they make love, which was so.... so.... sweet, gentle, loving, tender, something like that - I'm lost for words here.
And Giles' joke at the end was brilliant.